Qualifications:
-Bachelor of Arts in Adult Education, University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford BC, 2019.
-Certificate in Family Mediation, Diamond Institute, Victoria BC., 2002.
-Certificate in the Counsellor Training Program, (One year) Citizens’ Counselling Centre, Victoria BC., 2021.
-Telephone Crisis Worker, Vancouver Crisis Centre, 1977.
-Various employment with autistic and developmentally challenged teens, (1978-1980).
Other relevant work:
Youth hostel organizer. (1972).
Along with another man, I initiated a plan for a youth hostel for Regina Sask. We welcomed over 14,000 guests that summer. Our legacy still exists in Regina.
Volunteer Positions:
Member and organizer for The Victoria Men’s Centre, (1994) at the corner of Oak Bay Ave. and Foul Bay Road.
One of four organizer’s for a men’s retreat centre (The Well Foundation, 1995) in the Malahat area of Victoria. It was situated on 160 acres of loaned forest land. We ran many programs there for men and their son’s for over ten years, building a longhouse, cabins and trails. 1995-2005.
This organization also created three men’s health conferences held at various locations around Victoria BC. The longhouse is still being used by the local community. Through the Sterling Men organization (1990-1995) I participated in the construction of a large sweat lodge at YMCA Camp Thunderbird, a longhouse at The Well Foundation Retreat site, a bridge over a creek on the new Juan de Fuca Trail, a series of trails on an island on Quadra Island for the physically challenged, and the construction of campsites on the Campbell Lakes for BC Parks.
An active member of the Island Men Network for five years. We performed men’s ritual events, organized men’s forest gatherings for many years from 1990 on, and published The Island Men Journal 1990-1995, Victoria BC.
I am a graduate of The Mankind Weekend, 2014, Camp Pringle BC, and the PIT training or Personal Integration Training, 2021, Victoria BC.
I am also an initiated elder with The Mankind Project, 2019, Olympia, Washington, and a men’s group member for over 12 years.
Currently, an active member in an initiated elder men’s group.
I am also a published author of the Naturally Good Man and the Ten Thousand Blades of Life, (2013) Trafford, Bloomington Ill. This is a book about male purpose and the growing wisdom of men.
Please contact me for more information.
